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One of the biggest challenges faced by English teacher in instructional practice is the large number of students in a class with limited teaching hours. The teacher should deal with different interest and different prior knowledge of the students. This paper reports an empirical study on how English instructors deal with large classes and what strategies that they implement in teaching English in Foreign Language Intensification Program of Alauddin State Islamic University Makassar. Ten English instructors were interviewed whose class is top ten biggest classes with satisfied outcomes in the program. The result is, in general, instructors give more homework submitted via online to ensure that everyone understands about the lessons learned.